The first DLC add-on will be the new 'No Hope' level of difficulty, offering a more challenging experience for the story campaign. It will also release with a second piece of DLC to add a co-operative partner to the Ada Wong campaign.

As a bonus, Ada Wong's campaign will be unlocked from the start of the game with the update, instead of requiring the three other story campaigns to be completed first.

Capcom came under fire recently when users discovered that there is content on the Resident Evil 6 disc that can only be unlocked through DLC. After a similar fan uproar over Street Fighter X Tekken, the publisher said it will reconsider future on-disc DLC plans.

True to its word, Capcom revealed that the Resident Evil 6 on-disc DLC is in fact the two free updates announced today. Other on-disc DLC comes from additional costumes for the Mercenaries mode, which will be available free to users through Resident Evil.net.

Additional new modes for the game's multiplayer Mercenaries offering will be released in the future as paid DLC. However, the paid content is not already on the game disc.

Resident Evil 6 is currently available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC port will follow, although the release date is described by Capcom as "some way off".